The Best American Short Stories 2011

The Best American Series(r)First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan, Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman, Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser, George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and othersGERALDINE BROOKS, editor, is the author of the novels Caleb s Crossing, People of the Book, March (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and Year of Wonders, and the nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Born and raised in Australia, she lives on Martha s Vineyard with her husband, the author Tony Horwitz, and their two sons. Look for the other best-selling titles in the Best American series: THE BEST AMERICAN COMICSTHE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYSTHE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIESTHE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READINGTHE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITINGTHE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITINGTHE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING "